Have you ever read a fact online that completely ruined the vibe? Like finding out an adorable animal video actually shows a genetic defect, or that your favorite restaurant is secretly filthy?
Some of these truths might trigger an existential crisis. Others could leave you with endless food for thought. For instance, someone recently pointed out a reality that is as obvious as it is painful: we were all born too late to explore the Earth, but too early to explore space.
These disturbing truths were shared in an online thread, and some of them might send you digging through the darkest corners of the internet.
#61
If you live to be 70 years old you will spend TEN YEARS of your life on Monday.
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3points
#62
There are higher concentrations of bacteria in human dental plaque than in a dog's faeces.
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3points
#63
When you stand looking up at the stars, realise than instead, you are staring down into an endless abyss beneath you.
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3points
#65
Those videos of kittens that fall over adorably when someone pretends to shoot them? Yeah that's a congenital defect. Almost every single cat you've seen in those videos is d**d now because of it.
This is because of myotonia congenita, where the muscles tense up but cannot relax. And in these videos, the person usually goes "BANG!" Which startles the kitties enough to make them fall over.
This is because of myotonia congenita, where the muscles tense up but cannot relax. And in these videos, the person usually goes "BANG!" Which startles the kitties enough to make them fall over.
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2points
#66
Everyone you have known has used you in some way shape or form to further their own interests.
Even your mother.
Even your mother.
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#68
When a cook/chef is sautéing, the large bursts of flame that elicit all the oohs and aahs from the guests are *bad* and *very undesirable*. Unless alcohol is being burned off (which gives a bluish, translucent flame), you do not want any fire above the pan. Those thick, yellow flames used for show are (mainly) burning, aerosolized oil. The cook feels like a b****s, and the guests are all impressed, but the food is going to taste like f*****g kerosene.
Source: I make the food.
Source: I make the food.
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2points
#69
When you scratch a scratch off, at least in NY, there are small letters scattered around the game that spell out the total price. If you see a z or x, you lost.
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#73
You know the movie, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" about an adorable kitten and his pug best friend? In producing that movie, dozens of kittens were k****d. In one case, the director broke a kitten's leg so it would walk gimpy.
My girlfriend told me how much she loved that move a few weeks ago. I didn't tell her.
My girlfriend told me how much she loved that move a few weeks ago. I didn't tell her.
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-2points
#74
Photography is easy. Photographers don't like to admit this.
1. Own a decent DSLR.
2. Own a few decent "fast" lenses of varying focal lengths.
3. Know your gear.
4. Understand composition and light.
5. Acquire Photoshop or Lightroom.
6. Understand processing RAW images.
7. Profit
Source: I'm a photographer.
1. Own a decent DSLR.
2. Own a few decent "fast" lenses of varying focal lengths.
3. Know your gear.
4. Understand composition and light.
5. Acquire Photoshop or Lightroom.
6. Understand processing RAW images.
7. Profit
Source: I'm a photographer.
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-3points